Casinos raised rates a lot for F1 race. People decided it would be smart to book early. As race date nears there are major drops in room rates. Some people have non-refundable room bookings.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/new...1juebv?ocid=hp
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Casinos raised rates a lot for F1 race. People decided it would be smart to book early. As race date nears there are major drops in room rates. Some people have non-refundable room bookings.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/new...1juebv?ocid=hp
And the culinary union is possibly striking if they don't get their way. lol
Given covid seemed to be an excuse to cutdown on house-keeping I sure don't feel sorry for the casinos
Yeah amazingly THIS weekend is substantially more expensive than race weekend!
And race weekend, last I looked, is now the price of an average Vegas weekend. Amazing that they thought they'd be getting $1500 for standard rooms, at one point.
Also, you can now get these tickets for $1082 each, and the amount is falling each day. The seller will only get about $800 in these transactions, after fees: https://www.stubhub.com/formula-1-gl...matedFees=true
Why would anyone in their right mind spend that kind of money to watch an F1 race?
BORING...just "follow the leader."
The days of competitive, fun to watch races featuring guys like Senna and Prost have passed, alas.
I'm not sure how much they'd have to pay me to fill a seat. But I certainly wouldn't want to sit out in the cold to watch a few cars zip by every 90 seconds or so....RIP
Nascar races are boring enough until the last couple laps, but at least there you may see the entire track at all times.
People say it ain't so but pretty sure people just watch on the hopes of seeing carnage.Quote:
Originally Posted by MaxPen
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/death_race_2000
I would think that you would be the type of person to attend that race. You seem to like all that see and be seen type of stuff. I wouldn't even go if it was in a luxury box and free.Quote:
Originally Posted by MDawg
They have tactical teams clearing the tunnels that extend below the Strip for the race. So VCT's very own FraudJ won't be able to poke his head up thru the grates to catch a glimpse. :D
FraudJ will probably try to visit the Strip during F1 to make his bones hustling as usual.
Didn't plan on being here for F1 so never got around to asking for any rooms or tickets.
You guys just killed any hopes kew had of concocting some sort of "advantage play" out of this F1 crap that he was hoping to craft about him and that fake "baby bro" of his.
Gotta get in front of stuff sometimes. Sorry for wrecking that episode of As the Tunnel Turns for you :cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by Rob.Singer
FraudJ has lots of material left though....RIP
https://twitter.com/VitalVegas/statu...08198769082516
Oy vey.
They also didn't realize that Vegas gets rain in the winter. Guess what's in the forecast for Nov 16?
The Vegas streets get slippery when it rains.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dan Druff
Hoping the FU is a big FAIL...Quote:
Originally Posted by mickeycrimmThe Vegas streets get slippery when it rains.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dan Druff
WHY?Quote:
Originally Posted by jpfromlaHoping the FU is a big FAIL...Quote:
Originally Posted by mickeycrimmThe Vegas streets get slippery when it rains.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dan Druff
I've seen blankets or whatever on their tires. Also I'm sure the manufacturer probably just uses a different rubber mixture for cold weather, rain, or whatever. Sounds like the only thing affected is how many different tire types to have on hand. They might not have thought of it but surely they can deal with something this simple.
I don't know who is responsible for this great idea of F1 in Vegas, but that person should be fired. This is the stupidest thing. And that is before the manhole covers started flying last night. :rolleyes:
There are some things that they bring to Vegas that just make no sense. Nascar itwice a year is one of them. Nascar fans as a group are not big gamblers. They are nascar fans. THAT is what they spend their disposable money on. Sure they will fill up some of the lower end hotels, but it is just not a great fit.
The rodeo, which will be following Formula1 to town in 2 weeks is another. Those people are NOT gambling people. It is not a great fit. Rodeo week is actually a good time to gamble because they have extra tables open thinking these people will gamble and they never do. You would think after 20 years they would have figured that out.
Now things like the different basketball tournaments, (there are 4 conferences that hold their tournament in Vegas each year) are a good fit. Sports people are gamblers. They should shoot for as many events like that as they can. Superbowl will be HUGE this year.
In addition to Formula 1 just being the wrong kind of people, that don't gamble, this event and preparation has fucked up the city and traffic which is already a nightmare, 100 fold. Is Vegas actually going to make any money other than filling some hotel rooms, and I suspect not nearly what they think? Did Formula 1 pay big bucks to shut down traffic for a month and tear up the street? There is not a single person I have talked to that lives in Vegas that cared one bit about Formula1, other than the traffic nightmare.
Putting a bunch of "resorts" in a wasteland of a desert wasn't a good fit either
Oh, I don't know...back in the day it made sense as Nevada was THE ONLY PLACE Americans had to legally gamble, or get a quick divorce.Quote:
Originally Posted by jbjb
Its remote location has allowed development to occur in part because land initially was and in some places still is so damned cheap; LV is also close enough to So Cal to draw them for the weekend.
It was a brilliant idea to have the airport so close to the strip.
No complaints by me about the development of sin city, except I prefer the convenience of tribal casinos these days.
The airport, Harry Reid international (<-:D, just for the lib haters) is a funny situation. Of course when it was built, it was just south of the southern most place on the strip. All the land south, towards South Point and to the east toward Henderson was just open space (except for Wayne Newtons spread a mile east, which at the time was in the middle of nowhere.) Now that area both south and east is all built up and if you look at a map of Metro Vegas the airport is right dab smack in the middle.Quote:
Originally Posted by MisterV
I am surprised at some point the didn't build a new airport further out, maybe down toward the M before that area started growing. But the powerful taxicab lobby group probably wouldn't have stood for it. They have a monopoly of getting people from the airport to the strip. Any further away and people might balk at the price.
Anyone who questions how powerful the taxicab lobby is, just go to the end of the monorail at the back of MGM about a 100 yards away from the corner of the airport property. It would have taken less than half a mile to extend the monorail to the airport terminal and transport people much more efficiently that 1000 taxicabs. Ever been to the airport on a Friday afternoon and evening and seen literally 500 taxicabs lined up? What a waste.
From some NPR article. This is literally the only positive spin on the race. Pretty fucking lol at that. This is the only metric.
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The CEO of Liberty Media told Yahoo Finance the event is expected to bring in more than $1 billion to the local economy. And already, at least one casino, Ceasars Entertainment, has broken its F1 betting record for the race, reports the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
ChET broke it's FU record! What was the previous number? $250? How many FU races have been posted in a LV sports book? Talk about spin.....Quote:
Originally Posted by accountinquestion
And they didn't even print the actual amount so we could compare it so say the SuperBowl.Quote:
Originally Posted by jpfromlaChET broke it's FU record! What was the previous number? $250? How many FU races have been posted in a LV sports book? Talk about spin.....Quote:
Originally Posted by accountinquestion
100 x 0 = 0Quote:
Originally Posted by accountinquestionAnd they didn't even print the actual amount so we could compare it so say the SuperBowl.Quote:
Originally Posted by jpfromlaChET broke it's FU record! What was the previous number? $250? How many FU races have been posted in a LV sports book? Talk about spin.....Quote:
Originally Posted by accountinquestion
Good article. I was there the weekend after the race and ran into very similar attitudes from residents and employees. No one is happy about it. A pit boss said a lot of employees flat out refused to come in to work.Quote:
Originally Posted by accountinquestion
If they do this again next year I will not go anywhere near the strip 30 days before, or after, the event. Even more than a week later you still couldn't even walk down the sidewalk in front of Bellagio, they diverted you into the casino... huge PITA. So much pedestrian stuff blocked off or diverted. It was faster to walk than Uber anywhere on the strip because of the excessive back ups. Lesson learned.